Quote:An interesting research done by ZDNet Asia titled "Asia: Hotbed for IT jobs " reveals interesting statistics that IT personel are a shortage in Asia, resulting in higher wages.

The survey was conducted on the Internet between Aug. 25 and Nov. 6, 2006, and drew 5,090 respondents from key industry sectors such as government, health care, IT, services, telecommunications, legal and finance. The study covered Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

Among the key findings: IT professionals command the highest pay in Hong Kong, with an overall average annual salary of HK$404,144 (US$51,964), followed by Singapore at S$64,943 (US$41,601). Surprisingly, Thailand is in third place with an average of THB 994,203 (US$27,044).

Source : Thialand ranks third for IT Jobs in Asia

THB 994,203 (US$27,044).

Very hard to believe.

this comes to approx THB 83k/month.
its highly likely that survey in thailand was conducted among english speaking staff...

starting salaries for IT professional in thailand is 20k baht/month this is for a fresh graduate with no experience.
Someone specialised in a particular topic like database, SAP, etc can easily make it to 100k baht/month.

Local thai software firms pay upto 50k baht/month to developers...